The Story of the Little Dormouse Who Wouldn't Let Anyone Have His Cuddly Comfort Blanket

His cuddly comfort blanket is all the world to the little dormouse. Just this once, and only for a very little while, the squirrel is allowed to borrow it to help him carry his nuts home. But no sooner have the little dormouse and the squirrel got to the squirrel's nest than the next animal is in need of help: the hazel dormouse is too frightened to climb down from the tree! And so - only for a very little while - the cuddly comfort blanket is made into a safety sheet. It turns out that the blanket is also a great safety rope for the mole, a changing room for the snail and an Indian tipi for everyone to play in. By the time evening comes the little dormouse has helped a lot of animals with his cuddly comfort blanket, even if not always voluntarily, and given a lot of pleasure to them. And as he himself suddenly discovers, his cuddly comfort blanket is above all a wonderful all-friends-under-one-blanket blanket.